The political philosophy of Hobbes
Subtitle: his theory of obligation
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 1961
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
Notes: Bibliography: p. [338]-339.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: pt. 1. Obligation in the state of nature; title: Covenants; title: Laws of nature; title: Conditions of Law and conditions of obligation; title: pt. 2. Obligation in civil society; title: Political obligation; title: The laws of nature and the Civil Law; title: Rights and duties of Sovereign and subject; title: Self-interest and self-preservation; title: Covenant and consent; title: Natural law and natural rights; title: pt. 3. Ground of obligation; title: Will, motive, and the harmony of interests; title: Obligation based upon salvation; title: Obligation based upon command and Law; title: Conclusion: might and right in Hobbes's philosophy